Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-01
SOUTH GARDINER.


On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Lavina D.
Reed and Mssi Lille Burgess were out in
the river in row boat. When opposite the
engine house Mrs. Reed, fearing the boat
would hit pile in Lawrence's boom, took an
oar to push the craft one side, tipping it 90
that it filled. They both jumped into the
river and Miss Burgess started to swim to
the boom, Mrs. Reed catching hold of her
twice, dragging her under the water each
time; but Miss Burgess reached the boom and
called for help. Mr.. John Morang heard
her shouts and ran out on the logs and
held her up until boat came to their rescue.
She was taken to the shore in an exhausted
condition. Mrs. Reed must have sunk before
Miss Burgess reached the boom, as she was
drowned. Parties began to grapple for the
body and Mr.. W. o. Moulton and Fred
Nobriger found it between eleven and twelve
oclork the same evening Mrs Reed was
about forty eight-years of age. She leaves a
husband and Eve children to mourn her loss.
THE KENNEBEC.
One of the Great Manufacturing Rivers
OF the Globe.
Mr.. W. G. s. Keene of LYNN, Mass, VIII,
is one of the largest stockholders in the
Quebec Air Line railroad, is enthusiastic over
the possibilities of the water power of the
the Kennel and the grand future of the
valley.
The Kenpebec, Mr.. Keene predicted, when
on the stand before the railroad commits.
sioners, would ultimately. (provided the
proper railway be built, divide honors win
the Merrimac as the greatest manufacturing
rivers on the globe. The available water
power between Augusta and Moosehead
Lake Is estimated at one hundred thousand
horse power. This is all within one hundred
miles, making about a thousand horse power
to the mile. The kennebec is also so happily
situated that 1t has those most important ad-
Juncts of manufacturing, storage basins.
Moosehead Lake, thirty five miles long and
twelve wide, with thousand miles of tribu-
tsrv territory, is the finest storage basin in
The world, and gives the Kennebec unrivalled
advantages. The completion of the Canadian
Pacific across Maine at last affords the oppor.
urily for developing these resources A
Inc of railway pushing up the Kenne bee may
now have an objective, and when built,
what has happened at Watervile. Skowhegan
and Madison in the way of DEVELOPMENT of
water power, will. Mr.. Keene predicts, hap
pen all aioug the Upper river Sixteen
towns" such Is his prediction, will surely
be called into existence from Waterville to
Moose River village, with an average of over
ten thousand population each. 1t will be
safe to predict that in a very few years one
half of the population of the State of Maine
will be found in the valley of the Kennebec
from Bath to Moose River village"
He thinks lots of paper and other mills with
improved water powers will be brilt at Nor.
ridgewock, East Madison, Scion (Carratunk
Falls,) Embden, Bingham, Moscow and Con
cord. Every year sees old paper mills aban-
doned in Connecticut aud new and larger
ones erected to do their work in these north
ern forests. The successful paper mill of
today must be connected With the wood pulp
mills by iron pipes SEQ iett, 1000 feet or one
mile in length. 1t does not pay to carry
$4,000 worth year from the Kennebec
river of wet wood pulp to the State of Con.
nectcut. SO the paper mills must come
here.
Mr. keene says the kennebec will also dis
tribute big electric power. Keene declared
that one firm alone, who owns AZ, 900 acres
near Hotel Township. would invest 500 900
on plant at once and do business of halt y
million dollars yearly.
There business would be the manufacture
of hard wood. which is now worthless as it
cannot be got to market. 1t is too heavy to
float in the river as pine and spruce logs are
hosed Mr.. Keene also called attention to
he fact that slate and granite existed along
the line of the proposed road, waiting for
transportation to mari ,t.-Portiand Press.